News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-09-29
A DEVOTED WIFE.
A Pen Picture of the Wife of Jay
Gould, the Millionaire.

While Jay Goulds name is in every
body's mouth, how many persons even
heard of his wife? His sons, George
and Edward, are rapidly becoming we'll
known figures in Wall street, and in
Mrs. Gould. "What is she like?" els
she pretty 2" ''Does she dress elabOr
ately?" These are some of the questions
now asked about the great fnancier's
helpmate. She is a gentle. affable,
courteous, retiring woman. She would
not be called a handsome woman, yet
her face is more attractive than many a
beauty's. She is well educated and pos
sesses an air of refinement. She is shy
and does not care for society, yet she
conyinces all who come within the
sphere of her influence that through her
retiring nature she has deprived society
of an important ornament.
Her inclinations have made her de-
votee to her family; there is her enjoy
ment. and she cares little for the pleas
ures that do not in some way tend to
bring the family together. She is the
contidant and constant guardian and
companion of her daughter Nellie, and
passes several hours each day with her
two young boys, Frank and Harold
Her son George is source of great pride
to her. Mrs. Gould was q Miss Miller,
whose father was a successful grocer of
New York She was brought up in a
well-appointed home, and has been ac-
customed to wealth and refinement since
her childhood. Mr.. Gould was a part
ner of n Mr.. Leupp in the leather bust
and she brought him considerable for
tune. The grocer's daughter and mag
mates wife cares nothing for society, and
takes no pleasure in entertaining beyond
pleasant dinner party of a few invited
friends. Anything that savors of osten-
tation is distasteful to Mrs. Gould. 1t
is said that while naturally of a retiring
disposition, she became more so at the
time of her husbands connection with
the late Jim Fisk.
Fisk's blatant manner and vulgar
prominence, his open carriage drawn by
four horses, his loud style of dress and
display of jewelry We're all very obnox-
ious to Mrs. Gould, and the fact that
her husbands name was so continually
linked with that of Fisk gave her even a
stronger desire to appear modest to
make a contrast. While Mrs. Gould
possesses some very valuable jewels they
are unobstrusive, and she is more apt to
wear them when alone with her family
than when in public.
In her dress she is modest in color
and style, although her costumes are
rich in material. Mrs. Gould is very
fond of their country residence at Try
iugton, as there she can enjoy the
society Of her husband, TO whom she is
greatly attached. Mr.. Gould built his
fine greenhouses particularly for his
wife, who is fond of flowers, and she
spends portion of each day among
them. His conservatory cost $500, 900.
ANY thing that her husband and chill
dren can enjoy with her without intru-
sion from outsiders is her special de-
light. For this reason she is very fond
of their yacht Atlanta, aboard of which
they can sail beyond the reach of Wall
street. Mrs. Gould enjoys fine pictures,
bronzes, bric-a-brac, and her houses are
filled with the finest. She is fond of
and is therefore giving her
daughter Nellie thorough musical edu-
cation. There is little doubt that if she
were asked what she most desired IN the
world she would answer to have her
husband relinqrlish all business cares
and devote his time to home enjOyments
with his family.
Nellie Gould is one of the brightest
and sweetest little ladies in the city.
She has been fully educated, and is
highly accomplished. She is an artist
of no mean ability, and her collection of
bric-a- brac which has been adorned by
her pencil and brush has been greatly
admired. She dresses plainly, but
richly, and when in town can be seen
any afternoon driving through the park
with one of her brothers. She is pro
badly the richest heiress in America,
and at her fathers death will come in
for 500, 100000 OF $30,000,000. Like
her mother, she is not too proud to wait
on herself, and there are no French
maids in the Gould establishment. Mrs.
Gould and her daughter go shopping
the same as other women do, and re-
turn home with their arms filled with
They don't mind riding in
horse cars, and they don't put on nearly
rs much style as the wife and daughter
of the groceryman who serves them with
tba panaCcarioS Of life